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Critique

A knife-fight in a phone booth
Standpoint Magazine

In search of ‘English Proust’
Can the Recherche be adapted and remain Proust? And should it really be seen as therapy?
Standpoint Magazine

Dread, time and the pandemic
Søren Kierkegaard’s reflections on worry are useful reading for those in lockdown
John Lippitt

The healing power of birdsong
The ornithologist W.H. Hudson sought wilderness in the city. It is as if he was writing for us today
Jason Wilson

Wittgenstein’s self-isolation
“Complete solitude” in a remote Norwegian village led to the most productive time of his life
Ray Monk

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan was a writer with a rich hinterland—and an affection for “shockers”
Ursula Buchan

Frayed cassocks
A book by Coleridge published in 1830 offers useful advice for perplexed Anglicans today
Peter Mullen

Internal adventures
Fans of George Eliot are celebrating her bicentenary
Kathy O'Shaughnessy

Only the movies have kept the faith
Jonathan Gaisman

Clubland battle of the bookmen
When a gossip columnist criticised Thackeray, Dickens weighed in to savage his rival
Barry Turner

An autumn note
“For many, the end of this uneasy year cannot come quickly enough”
Andreas Campomar

An ordinary killing
Ian Cobain’s book uses the killing of Millar McAllister to paint a meticulous portrait of the Troubles
Chris Mullin

Greater—not wiser
John Mullan elucidates the genius of Charles Dickens
Anthony Quinn
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